It's no secret that people with ginger hair and pale skin are more at risk of damage from ultraviolet light, but as it turns out, that's not the only thing our redheaded brothers and sisters need to be wary of. [ + ]

UK researchers are warning their fellow scientists to beware of contaminated commercial reagents, which could skew study results. [ + ]

If the Ice Age animated film franchise were to follow the descendants of Manny the mammoth for a few thousand years or so, viewers would see the species suffer a 'mutational meltdown' as a result of its dwindling and increasingly isolated populations. [ + ]

If you thought Photoshop was the cutting edge when it came to editing software, you ain't seen nothing yet. [ + ]

If you're a pregnant woman looking to keep your unborn child safe and healthy, we've got some good news and some bad news for you. [ + ]

UWA's Zadko Telescope has captured the explosion that gave birth to a black hole 12 billion light years away, which took place before the Earth and Sun existed. [ + ]

Instrumentation supplier Scitech has been appointed the authorised distributor in Australia and New Zealand for both German-based imaging company GreatEyes and US-based spectral sensing company BaySpec. [ + ]

Engineers at the Australian National University have built a microscope that can film moving blood cells and neurons in living animals. [ + ]

The protein Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) plays an important role in controlling how a cell responds to damage. [ + ]

US scientists have found that Komodo dragon blood plasma contains a host of potentially viable antimicrobial peptides that could help lead to new therapeutics. [ + ]

Australian and Scottish researchers have found that soils containing lead, manganese or aluminium — even in small amounts — contain bacteria with antibiotic resistance. [ + ]

A collaboration between CSIRO, Anatomics and British doctors has resulted in the world's first implementation of a 3D-printed titanium and polymer sternum into a patient. [ + ]

Japanese and Indian scientists have developed a method for using graphene-based transistors to detect disease-causing genes. [ + ]

Japanese researchers have been investigating the source of energy driving the Earth's magnetic field, hidden deep within its core. [ + ]

Researchers have used a low-power laser beam to switch luminescent nanoparticles on and off, in a breakthrough that will lead to super-resolution microscopy for the detailed study of live cells and organisms. [ + ]